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Fest Is "Wild" For Lepak
By: Kevin Ramsell
Wednesday, September 20, 2006 (West Salem, WI) – Wausau native, Jeremy Lepak,
can’t wait for the 37th Annual Oktoberfest Race Weekend. He hopes to
improve on his 2005 Wisconsin Late Models finish.
Last year, Lepak started on the outside of the front row for the ARTGO Reunion
100 and finished third behind winner Steve Holzhausen. “That was
unbelievable, we will just put it at that,” Lepak remembered. “You
look at the guys that run that. Just racing with Holzhausen last year
and then finishing third to him. To me that was just great.”
For Lepak, Oktoberfest has always had a special meaning to him. “I
have grown up going there, maybe the last 15-20 years I have been going there
to watch and to race,” Lepak recently stated. “It’s real cool to
drive for All-Star Racing at that event.”
He ran in the top-three all day long in the event and was just excited to be
in the running for the win. “We had a really fast car there last
year,” Lepak recalled. “If we could have made a couple of
adjustments, we would have had a winning car.”
So far this year, Lepak has competed in 29 super late model events. He
has 3 wins, 1 fast time, 12 top-five and 20 top-ten finishes.
Lepak stated that he does plan on competing in the Wisconsin Late Model
division at Oktoberfest, but left the door open for racing in other divisions
during the four-day weekend.
When asked about Oktoberfest, Lepak laughs and says, “Its wild, it’s
pretty exciting. I have seen guys bring new race cars that they hadn’t
run all year, but they will bring it to Oktoberfest to run.”
“Racing’s Family Reunion” will take place on October 5-8th at the La
Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway in West Salem, WI. For more information,
please visit the track’s website at www.lacrossespeedway.com.
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